Ajee ran 1:24.48 today, making her #4 all time. Great result for Okolo nonetheless.
EBGBs wrote:
#2 all-time U.S., behind Montano and ahead of Wilson. Worth sub-51 for 400 (or sub-2:00 if you are an 800 athlete). #5 world all-time behind AM + 3 Russkies.
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nop200 wrote:Why is no one talking about Okolo (a 400m runner) running a 1:25.21 600m?? That's pretty quick!
rojo wrote:
Total Domination in the women's race by Aliphine Tuliamuk. She CRUSHED everyone. It's her 4th US title and she's only been running for the US for less than a eyar.
Post-race she said she's excited to run for Team USA. "I'm so excited to represent Team USA because this country has done so much for me and I feel like this is the first moment that I am going to say, "Thank you," and appreciate this country by wearing the US jersey so I am so looking forward to it."
She also said she's going to fly her parents up to Uganda to see her run.
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/828002488821436416
I don't believe she has been running less than a eyar!
Damn, I should have went to an Ivy League university! Would have had RoJo's excellent writing skills.
huh690 wrote:
who was the 1:47 for nj ny?
Chris Giesting. 45.5 white boy from ND who they are having move up.
"White boy" is the key word? That's taking away from the rest of white population. Just saying!
Michael Scott - â€@urimiscott
Aliphine Tuliamuk celebrates her win in the @usatf senior women's cross country championships. #usaxc
2:35 PM - 4 Feb 2017 from Bend, OR
Runner's World
Giesting and Feeney were awesome:https://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/LargeL/7edb4a2f-f14e-441b-ad9b-fd11c0f1c9ae.png?v=1901437502
george oscar bluth wrote:
huh690 wrote:who was the 1:47 for nj ny?
Chris Giesting. 45.5 white boy from ND who they are having move up.
Less than a eyar! No! wrote:
rojo wrote:Total Domination in the women's race by Aliphine Tuliamuk. She CRUSHED everyone. It's her 4th US title and she's only been running for the US for less than a eyar.
Post-race she said she's excited to run for Team USA. "I'm so excited to represent Team USA because this country has done so much for me and I feel like this is the first moment that I am going to say, "Thank you," and appreciate this country by wearing the US jersey so I am so looking forward to it."
She also said she's going to fly her parents up to Uganda to see her run.
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/828002488821436416I don't believe she has been running less than a eyar!
Damn, I should have went to an Ivy League university! Would have had RoJo's excellent writing skills.
Reread what RoJo wrote. He wrote that it's her 4th US title and she's only been running for the US for less than a year. He did not write that she has been running for less than a year
Any reason why all of the LetsRun tweets are prefaced with Kenyan born? I don't care where folks were born. If they have their citizenship, they can compete for the win.
FightFor15 wrote:
Any reason why all of the LetsRun tweets are prefaced with Kenyan born? I don't care where folks were born. If they have their citizenship, they can compete for the win.
+1
I agree with the post that questions the focus on American born vs Kenyan born. The athletes are all Americans. And, the goal is to send the strongest team, right -- not the strongest team based on country of birth? Excellence is - and should be - welcome.
FightFor15 wrote:
Any reason why all of the LetsRun tweets are prefaced with Kenyan born? I don't care where folks were born. If they have their citizenship, they can compete for the win.
Out recap of the day's action is here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/02/six-takeaways-fantastic-action-across-globe-super-saturday/As for why we mention Kenyan-born, it's because I think many runners dream of going big and representing Team USA. Genetics clearly play a big role in that. Go read Sports Gene.
LetsRun.com wrote:
As for why we mention Kenyan-born, it's because I think many runners dream of going big and representing Team USA. Genetics clearly play a big role in that. Go read Sports Gene.
Please elaborate on this. Do you think we should have a Kenya-born usa team and a usa-born usa team? Should we disallow those not born on us soil? Should young kids not of Kenyan origin just quit running because they can't compete?
Just another fat guy wrote:
LetsRun.com wrote:As for why we mention Kenyan-born, it's because I think many runners dream of going big and representing Team USA. Genetics clearly play a big role in that. Go read Sports Gene.
Please elaborate on this. Do you think we should have a Kenya-born usa team and a usa-born usa team? Should we disallow those not born on us soil? Should young kids not of Kenyan origin just quit running because they can't compete?
+1
Again, it doesn't matter to me where someone was born. It is fun to watch and cheer for everyone who lines up for a US Championship. I hope you know that you are alienating some of your younger base when you continue to be awful on things like this.
And Rojo go read Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Not In Our Lifetimes by Michael Dawson, and American Holocaust by David Stannard. We can compare notes.
Race baiting headline in the recap article: 2) African-born runners are starting to dominate USATF distance events...
Unless folks lined up for races are Native American, you should start writing where they immigrated from Rojo. Do this for every single runner in every different country. I want to know if an Australian 1500m runner immigrated there from Italy and is taking a "true" Australians spot on a team.
Let's be real.
The tiny odds of any good US High school/College distance runner making the Olympics has shrunk significantly in the past year or three. That will make a difference in potential development.
As a US distance running fan and someone who lives in the US, it is meaningful to me when I hear where a runner went to HS and college. When the answer is Kenya or Uganda I lose that relatable perspective.
If I were king the rule would be: not eligible to compete for a country until you have been a citizen for four or five years.
Would Kenyan born even be mentioned if it was a white guy/girl born and raised in Kenya but came over the US, earned citizenship, and competes?
There are lots of people born in the US that have less respect for their own country and wouldn't pass some of the reqs in order to get citizenship. Relatable or not they are just as much American as anyone else who has citizenship, whether it be earned or born into.
UnRojo wrote:
Let's be real.
The tiny odds of any good US High school/College distance runner making the Olympics has shrunk significantly in the past year or three. That will make a difference in potential development.
As a US distance running fan and someone who lives in the US, it is meaningful to me when I hear where a runner went to HS and college. When the answer is Kenya or Uganda I lose that relatable perspective.
If I were king the rule would be: not eligible to compete for a country until you have been a citizen for four or five years.
The problem with your argument is, letsrun has been playing this angle for a lot longer than the last year or three.
Last few laps of Muir's race. 61 secs last 400m!
UnRojo wrote:
Let's be real.
The tiny odds of any good US High school/College distance runner making the Olympics has shrunk significantly in the past year or three. That will make a difference in potential development.
As a US distance running fan and someone who lives in the US, it is meaningful to me when I hear where a runner went to HS and college. When the answer is Kenya or Uganda I lose that relatable perspective.
If I were king the rule would be: not eligible to compete for a country until you have been a citizen for four or five years.
Bingo. This sums it up perfectly.
The people opposing you are great examples of overly PC SJWs who want to force you to have deluded and misguided opinions like their own.
Don't let these loony liberals make you fee bad for recognizing that Kenyan-born runners have inherent genetic advantages, and that doesn't change when they cross national boundaries.
Sorry, forgot my trigger warning.
